For almost 35 years, NASA has been altering the temperature record to make the slope of warming appear steeper. The large change below was made just over a year ago. These changes have occurred repeatedly and consistently – and almost invariably in the same direction.

I’m as much a skeptic as the next guy but I don’t think Mars climate has a relation to Earth. With the lack of surface water and thus water vapor and the thinness of the atmosphere, I would assume that the surface temperatures would be almost solely due to solar insolation and orbital mechanics.

You may be correct. But it would certainly be interesting to compare earth / Mars temperature data sets to see whether or not there appears to be a relationship. If there is, it would lend credence to the idea that solar influence has a greater effect on our climate than most climastrologists believe. Mars temperature data could provide a valuable frame of reference for determining the magnitude of solar forcing.

Adjusting the temperatures, and thus corrupting the science, is justified by this administration (and Western governments) to ensure that busness and technological progress is stalled so that the mythical era of a settled climate can return. Energy price needlessly skyrocket because theses administrations still, unjustifiably, blame the live giving gas CO2.